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Influence Is A Matter Of Selection - Both Acceptance And Rejection.

Each Time I Sit Down And Write A Play I Try To Dismiss From My Mind As Much As I Possibly Can The Implications Of What I've Done Before, What I'm Going To Do, What Other People Think About My Work, The Failure Or Success Of The Previous Play. I'm Stuck With A New Reality That I've Got To Create.

Art Has An Obligation To Offend

I Was Twenty-nine Years Old And I Wasn't A Very Good Poet And I Wasn't A Very Good Novelist, [so] I Thought I Would Try Writing A Play, Which Seems To Have Worked Out A Little Better.

If The Work Of Art Is Good Enough, It Must Not Be Criticized For Its Theme. I Don't Think It Can Be Argued.